Nigerian court sentences husband, wife, brother and sister to death for killing woman over witchcraft

A High Court of Jigawa State, Nigeria, presided over by Justice Ado Yusuf Birnin-Kudu, has convicted and sentenced a wife, her husband, her brother and her sister to death by hanging over a case of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. The convicts were arrested in 2019 after they have been investigated and prosecuted before the […]

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Woman accused of witchcraft burnt to death by youths in Nigeria (Graphic photos)

Mother of four girls, Mrs. Martina Okey Itagbor, was accused of witchcraft and burnt to death in Old Netim, Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The deceased woman was accused of causing the death of two young men who died in a motor accident. Some youths in the community gathered on the 13th […]

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Late husband’s brother’s wife accused a widow of witchcraft, community members tie and flog the widow (Video)

A video of a widow who was tied and flogged by members of her community in Umueghu in Amaegbuato autonomous community, Nkpa Bende Local Government, Abia state, has been shared online. Activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, who shared the video, said the widow was assaulted after her late husband’s brother’s wife accused her of being a witch. […]

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Nigerian community banishes man for 20 years over alleged witchcraft (Video)

Members of a community in Obohia Amuda Isuochi in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State have banished a man identified as Obioma Ubani for 20 years. In a video that has now gone viral, Obioma was accused of engaging in witchcraft and killing one Professor Chike Ubani. Dressed in Raffia palms popularly known […]

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